Postulate

Type Parameters:

S - The type of formulas this postulate is about.

All Known Implementing Classes:

ImAdjunctionInvariance, ImAttenuation, ImConsistency, ImContradiction, ImDominance, ImEqualConflict, ImExchange, ImFreeFormulaDilution, ImFreeFormulaIndependence, ImIrrelevanceOfSyntax, ImMINormalization, ImMonotony, ImNormalization, ImPenalty, ImPostulate, ImSafeFormulaIndependence, ImSuperAdditivity, RaAbstraction, RaAdditionOfAttackBranch, RaAdditionOfDefenseBranch, RaAttackVsFullDefense, RaCardinalityPrecedence, RaCounterTransitivity, RaDefensePrecedence, RaDistDefensePrecedence, RaIncreaseOfAttackBranch, RaIncreaseOfDefenseBranch, RaIndependence, RankingPostulate, RaNonAttackedEquivalence, RaQualityPrecedence, RaSelfContradiction, RaStrictAdditionOfDefenseBranch, RaStrictCounterTransitivity, RaTotal, RaVoidPrecedence
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public interface Postulate<S extends Formula>
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Models a general (rationality) postulate, i.e. a property that can be satisfied or violated by some approach. This class contains methods for checking whether an approach satisfies certain instances wrt. this postulate.

Author:

Matthias Thimm

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`getName()`	The textual name of the postulate
`boolean`	`isApplicable(java.util.Collection<S> kb)`	Checks whether the given kb represents a non-trivial instance for this postulate, i.e., whether assumptions of this postulates are satisfied (evaluating an approach on a non-applicable instance always succeeds).
`boolean`	`isSatisfied(java.util.Collection<S> kb, PostulateEvaluatable<S> ev)`	Checks whether this postulate is satisfied by the given approach `ev` wrt.

- Method Detail
  - isApplicable
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boolean isApplicable(java.util.Collection<S> kb)
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    Checks whether the given kb represents a non-trivial instance for this postulate, i.e., whether assumptions of this postulates are satisfied (evaluating an approach on a non-applicable instance always succeeds).
    
    Parameters:
    
    kb - some knowledge base
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the knowledge base is a non trivial instance of this postulate.
  - isSatisfied
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boolean isSatisfied(java.util.Collection<S> kb,
                    PostulateEvaluatable<S> ev)
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    Checks whether this postulate is satisfied by the given approach ev wrt. the given instance kb (note that evaluating an approach on a non-applicable instance always succeeds).
    
    Parameters:
    
    kb - some knowledge base
    
    ev - some approach
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the postulate is satisfied on the instance
  - getName
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java.lang.String getName()
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    The textual name of the postulate
    
    Returns:
    
    a string